Fifth-wheel for children s carriages



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R. W. DONMOYER. Fifth Wheel for GhiLdrensCarrages. No4. 235,139. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

N'PETERSrPHOTO-LITHOBHFHEH, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT Il EEICE.

FIFTH-WHEEL FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,139, dated December 7, 1880.

Application tiled July 9, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatI, RUDOLPH W. DoNMoYEn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Fifth-Wheel for Ghildrens Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or igures of reference marked th ereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fifth-wheels for childrens wagons; and the object of my improvement is to provide a lifthwheel to the upper portion of which there is cast or otherwise secured a king-bolt having upon it aprojection for lockin g it to the lower portion, or for preventing the separation of the parts when desired, and a lower portion having at its center an aperture for the passage of the king-bolt, and upon a portion of its periphery a hound to which to attach a tongue. I attain this object by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 s a front elevation, partly in section, showing one axle of a small wagon, such as are used by children, a bolster placed upon said axle, a fifth-wheel, and a spring, to which the body is attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the fifth-wheel through the center of Fig. 1, showing the spring in position thereon and the projecting hound to which the tongue is attached. Figi?) is an inverted plan view of the upper portion of the wheel, showing the bar extending across its center, the king-bolt being shown as having an aperture through it for the passage of a bolt for uniting the parts, it being designed as a modication of the form shown in Fig. 1, which, when used, dispenses with the projections B3 on kingbolt B2, and Fig. 4 is a ,plan view of the lower portion thereof.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In constructing wheels of this character there is provided a section, A, upon which there is formed a circular rim or flange, its up- (No model.)

per surface being flush with the upper surface of the remaining portion, said flange extend ing` Vdownward far enough to give the ring suflicient strength and to allow it to embrace a projection formed upon the bolster A or upon the axle.

Across the above-described circular portion of this part of the wheel there is a bar, A2, in the center of which there is an aperture, A3, for the reception of a king-bolt, and in the proper position in this aperture there is formed a slot for the passage of a projection on said king-bolt.

From the ring above described there extends a hound or projection, the outer end of which is provided with a recess, A, for the reception of the inner end of the tongue by which the wagon is drawn, and it is also provided With holes A5 through its anges, for the reception of a bolt or pin for attaching said tongue thereto.

The other portion of the wheel consists of a flanged ring, B, having a bar, B', extending across it, upon which there is cast or otherwise formed a king-bolt, B2, said bolt having upon it a projection, B3, for entering the slot formed in the portion A for its reception. This bolt is of sufficient length to allow it to pass through A and have its projection turned into such a position as to bear upon the under surface thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, which has the eect to prevent the forward wheels from becoming detached from the body of the wagon while in use, but affording means for disconnecting them when desirable, this being accomplished by turning the parts into such a postion as to allow the projection B3 to pass upward through the groove or slot in A.

Instead of casting the king bolt upon the bar B', a rod of wrought-iron may be cast therein, and have a nut placed upon its lower end, or a bolt may be passed through the two bars, and they be thus united and prevented IOO and an upper portion having :i har across its l boing constructed and arranged substantially cellier, to which is cast or othcrwisc secured l :is Set forth. Io a king-bolt7 snbstnntiallyns sct forth, and for ln testimony whereof I ax my Signature the purpose specified. i in presence of' two witnesses.

2. In combination with the forward nxle of R. W. DONMOYER.

Witnesses:

F. II. BADET,

a. childs carriage, or with :i holster, A/placcd thereon, the parts A and B, constituting thc i fifth-Wheel, and tlnx sprinq B4, nil thc parts ROBERT I. KIZER. 

